Case series of four patients with strongyloides after occupational exposure

Soulsby, Hannah M; Hewagama, Saliya; Brady, Stephen

doi:10.5694/mja11.11505

Topics

Indigenous health

Immune system diseases

Infectious diseases

Occupational diseases

To the Editor: Strongyloidosis in Australia has been reported in Indigenous Australians, war veterans who have served in South-East Asia and travellers and immigrants from regions in which strongyloidosis is endemic.1,2

Department of Infectious Diseases, Alice Springs Hospital, Alice Springs, NT.

Correspondence: hsoulsby@doctors.org.uk

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

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